Rope-buckle.



C. W. BAKER.

ROPE BUCKLE. APPLIUATIOH Hmm nov. 4. 1904.

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PATBNTED 00T. 1, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. BAKER, OF PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

ROPE-BUCKLE.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the village of Paw Paw, county of Van Buren, State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRope-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rope buckles. It relatesparticularly to improvements in rope buckles of the class illustratedand described in LettersPatent No. 549,096, issued to me on November 5,1895; and No. 511,576, issued Dec. 26, 1893, and is in some respectsmodification and improvement thereon.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved rope bucklewhichis very simple and economical in structure and durable andconvenient to use.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and meanspointed out in the following specilication. The invention is clearlydelined'and pointed out in the claims.

A structure embodying the features of my invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1. is a detail plan view of a structureembodying the features oi my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken, on a linecorresponding to line 3 3 o Figs. 1 and 2, looking in the direction oithe little arrows at the ends of the section lines. Fig. 4 is aninverted perspective view ot' thel tongue B before the same is appliedto the loop.

Referring to the drawing, I provide a main loop A having an eyeextension A/ at one end to which the rope, as 1, is secured.

The loop A is oblong in form. A pivot a is l'ormed in v one side of theloop A and a pair of separate and distinct lugs a projecting outwardlyat each end of the journal. The tongue B is arranged transversely acrossthe loop A. The tongue B is provided with a pair of downwardlyprojecting llexible lingers b adapted to be clamped about the pivot a.The tongue B is provided with laterally projecting lugs b at its pivotend. These lugs are adapted to engage the said outwardly projectingshoulders or stops a on the loop when the tongue is in a substantiallyvertical position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1907.

Application iled November 4, 1904i Serial No. 231,440.

In use, the eye of the rope containing the buckle is passed around theobject to which it is to be secured, and the rope is then doubled orkinked and pushed through the loop A from the under side. When the ropeis inserted sutliciently far to permit, the tongue is dropped down underthe kink in the rope and the rope drawn down upon the same, as indicatedin Figs. l and 2. This holds the tongue in place and securely retainsthe rope in its adjusted position.

By arranging and forming the parts as I have illustrated and described,I am enabled to produce a very strong and durable rope buckle at a verynominal cost. The'same is also very convenient to use, as the tongue issupported by the stops or shoulders a. so that it never drops downunderneath the buckle. This insures the proper arrangement of the ropetherethrough. By this arrangement of stops af, the buckle loop can bereadily cast in the proper lorm and the casting cleaned in a tumblingbarrel so that no further attention need be given it,land the parts willbe readyto assemble when they have been thus properly cleaned in atumbling barrel.

I desire to remark that my improved rope buckle has a great variety ouses. It is very convenient'. lor use as a hammock rope andin`connection with. guy ropes for tents and the like, and is, in fact,adapted for use in any relation where a quickly adjusted and securefastening is desired.

H ving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

In a rope buckle, the combination of a main loop, oblongl in form,provided with an eye extension at one end, the central portion of saidmain loop on one side being reduced to a cylindrical journal to form atongue pivot and having` laterally and outwardly projectingseparatedstop lugs at each end of said tongue pivot; a tongue arrangedtrai-.sversely across said loop und provided with malleable fingerswhich embrace said pivot and provided with lateral projections to engagethe said stop lugs on the loop. coactingr for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal vin presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES W. BAKER. [L.s.]

Witnesses E'LHriL A. TELLER,

O'rls A. EARL.

